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Microsoft · 2 days ago

Senior Technology Specialist - Azure Application Development

Irving, TX

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

$48.65/hr - $93.65/hr

3+ years exp

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Responsibilities

Engages with customer technical decision makers and anticipates customer needs and issues proactively through data gathering.

Uses knowledge of customer context and solution or portfolio expertise to build credibility with customers individually or at scale. Develops technical and market/industry knowledge.

Ensures technical wins for core technologies by driving technical discussions with customers. Improves customer interactions through feedback and observation.

Engages other internal resources (e.g., roles, Microsoft Technology Center, demo sites, virtual sites), mapping out and leveraging foundational resource knowledge for key areas of technology as needed to overcome technical blockers on assigned technology set.

Engages in partner sell-with scenarios by contributing to the facilitation of technical engagements and partnering with colleagues to manage the sales process.

Shares competitive insights from customer sessions with colleagues and escalates/resolves competitive situations to influence compete strategies.

Provides strategic, technical input based on Microsoft capability to contribute to strategy development, leveraging partner and internal teams.

Acts as the voice of the customer (VOC) by driving new feedback, blockers, insights, resource (e.g., OneList) items across communities so they can be added and prioritized.

Works with account teams to tailor Microsoft messaging to audience and captures and shares customer feedback using knowledge of specific Microsoft solutions and their context in a competitive landscape.

Identifies and applies existing demonstration assets. Demonstrates and oversees demonstrations (e.g., architectural design sessions [ADS], proof of concept [POC] sessions) of solutions based on specific Microsoft products through initial engagements. Leverages partner/customer teams as needed to prove capabilities and integration into customer environment. Reviews partner demonstrations and provides feedback to ensure alignment with Microsoft standards.

Presents and applies reference architectures across technologies/solution areas to partners or customers for their technology sets.

Builds their own readiness plan and proactively identifies learning gaps. Grows domain knowledge and practices expertise by communicating with customers, partners, and senior colleagues to expand knowledge of architecture.

Conducts group training or one-to-many events (e.g., workshops, Webinars) or leverages existing scale enablement programs to present and educate customers and colleagues on the capabilities and benefits across Microsoft solutions/products.

Monitors and responds to internal and external tech community posts, attends community calls, sessions, hackathon, etc., and acts as a mentor for their technology area. Contributes and participates in Customer Executive Briefing Center sessions. Shares best practices internally on community calls and drives recognition of Microsoft cloud solutions through presentations and engagements with external audiences.

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Required

Relevant certifications from Microsoft or competitive platforms AND 3+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

OR Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering or related field AND 4+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting experience

OR equivalent experience

Preferred

7+ years technical pre-sales or technical consulting, or related experience

4+ years experience with cloud and hybrid, or on premises infrastructures, architecture designs, migrations, industry standards, and/or technology management

Certification in relevant (Microsoft or industry) technologies or disciplines (e.g., Microsoft Office 365, Power BI, Azure Architect and Development exams, Cloud Platform Technologies, Information Security, Architecture)

Benefits

Benefits and other compensation can be available. Find additional benefits and pay information here: https://careers.microsoft.com/us/en/us-corporate-pay

Company

Microsoft

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Microsoft is a software corporation that develops, manufactures, licenses, supports, and sells a range of software products and services.

Founded in 1975

Redmond, Washington, USA

10,001+ employees

https://www.microsoft.com

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